Description: Summary of the excellent Abstract serve provided to M&PD section members

Description: This article is a review of the book by Joshua Foer. It covers the history of memory techniques, the way a human brain organizes memory, and various problems and successes in memory recall. The author starts by interviewing memory savants, and learns from them that the ability to perform seemingly impossible memory tricks is simply a matter of studying and practicing proven techniques used for millennia. This review suggests that actuaries can benefit greatly from some of these techniques despite the availability of electronic hand-held devices to recall facts because the person who does not need to rely upon such devices can have a huge perceptual advantage in executive presentations.

Description: This article discusses the need to be self-aware of our development items, and to stretch ourselves to get better in the areas that we must develop.

Description: Goal setting and helpful resources for 2018.

Description: A review of business schools’ online offerings.

Description: The Stepping Stone issue 60, November 2015

Description: An article that offers a reinsurance professional's perspective on re-engineering which resulted in strengthened and improved service to their clients as well as net improvement to their bottom line.

Description: Cassie He and Linda Liu, two actuarial students, invite Mark Freedman, the President-Elect of SOA to share with us his experience as an actuary, the challenges and opportunities facing actuaries and the outlook for the profession as SOA president.

Description: This article stresses the importance of aligning goal-setting, prioritization and performance evaluation.

Description: The author recommends American business people visit the web site:www.businessfordiplomaticaction.com, the brainchild of Keith Reinhard, a nonprofit to work to improve America’s image abroad.